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Eleven students named finalists in WSU's Distinguished Scholarship Invitational

… with 607 total students competing. Three of the finalists will be selected as recipients of the Harry Gore Memorial $64,000 scholarship, which are among the largest undergraduate awards in the Midwest. To be invited to compete in the invitational, students had to have a 27 or higher ACT score, or a 3.5 or higher GPA, or rank in the top 10 percent of their…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/01-jan/dsi_2019.php

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Olathe high school senior wins Wichita State’s Linwood Sexton Scholarship

…was a member of the Shocker Sports Hall of Fame and Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. A tireless advocate for equal opportunity and social justice, he was honored with many awards for his efforts to promote understanding and respect among people of different racial, religious and ethnic backgrounds. Linwood Sexton passed away at the age of 90 in 2017, but his…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/01-jan/sexton_scholarship_2019.php

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WSU announces Lenora N. McGregor Scholarship recipient

…senior at Lawrence Free State High School, is the winner of the 2019 Lenora N. McGregor Endowed Scholarship at Wichita State University. The Lenora N. McGregor Endowed Scholarship awards up to $26,000 over four years to an incoming freshman student who has demonstrated academic excellence, has an academic vision for the future and who expresses an interest…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/02-feb/Lenora_McGregor_scholarship_recipient.php

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Wichita State receives another honor for its support of transfer students

… Honor Society’s 2019 Transfer Honor Roll. The honor roll recognizes WSU’s excellence and success in creating pathways to support transfer students. The distinguished honor is awarded to the top 25 percent of colleges that earned the highest Transfer Friendliness ratings. This is the second year in a row that Wichita State has made it to the list. Community …

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/04-april/transfer_honor_roll.php

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National tour stop in Kansas will engage small businesses

… in a variety of technology areas such as unmanned systems, advanced materials, health, cybersecurity and defense. The SBIR/STTR programs execute more than 5,000 new awards annually, which allow innovators to advance new technologies and have contributed to the creation of thousands of jobs. In 2018 alone, 22 Kansas businesses received a total of more than…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/04-april/sbir_tour.php

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Media invited to final round of Shocker New Venture Competition

…are invited to attend the Finals Round from 1-4 p.m. Friday, May 3, in Devlin Hall at Wichita State's. A reception will be held following the presentations from 4-6 p.m., with the awards being presented at 5 p.m. Parking for the event is located on the northwest corner of 21st Street and Yale. The advancing teams are: Bionic6: Bionic6 is an exoskeleton-based…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/04-april/snvc_19.php

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WSU students gear up for final round of Koch Innovation Challenge

…invent products and technologies via a freshman introductory course. Friday's event is the subsequent and final competition as part of the course. It determines which team will be awarded a travel grant to attend the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization Conference next semester and compete in the Global Pitch Competition. In addition to the naming…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/05-may/koch_innovation_challenge_19.php

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WSU research studies how gravity in space affects the human brain

…A NASA-funded Wichita State University research project will seek to understand how the human brain responds to gravity while in space. The Kansas NASA EPSCoR Program recently awarded $127,600 to a multidisciplinary research group for the project titled “Development of a Neuro-Virtual Interface System to Evaluate Astronauts’ Cognitive Performance in…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/06-jun/nasa_brain_gravity_research.php

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WSU named a National Center for Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education | WSU News

…through academic year 2024, is in recognition of the WSU College of Engineering’s graduate certificate in Information Assurance and Cybersecurity. Such designations are awarded in support of the National Cyber Strategy, adopted in September 2018, which address the role of higher education in addressing a critical shortage of professionals with…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/09-sept/cybersecurity_designation_3.php

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Wichita State to hold Memorial '70 remembrance ceremony | Wichita State News

…can give to the Football '70 Memorial Scholarship, the only endowed scholarship at WSU dedicated in collective memory to those who died in the tragedy. The scholarship is awarded each year to a student of any major with at least a 3.0 GPA who demonstrates financial need. Contributions can be made through the WSU Foundation, 1845 Fairmount St., Wichita, …

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/09-sept/memorial_70_release_2019_11.php

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Five student teams move on to final round of innovation competition | Wichita State News

…undecided engineeringChristopher Lam, undecided engineeringNicholas Ridpath, applied computing The final round in May will determine the overall champion team, which will be awarded a travel grant to attend the National Collegiate Entrepreneurs' Organization Conference and compete in the Global Pitch Competition in 2020. In addition to the naming of the…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/12-dec/koch_challenge_finalists_9.php

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WSU graduate student's business makes Most Fundable Company list | WIchita State News

…in the MID program through WSU’s Institute of Innovation. Prenatal Hope has now successfully raised $1 million in seed funding. The project has also won 14 awards in the past 18 months. You can see the full list here. As a winner on the Most Fundable Companies List, Prenatal Hope will be profiled on Entrepreneur.com and will be featured in the December…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2019/12-dec/prenatal_hope_fundable_list_9.php

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WSU student selected for Mandela Washington Fellowship Exchange

…and local community engagement. Since 2014, nearly 4,400 young leaders from every country in Sub-Saharan Africa have participated in the program. As a Reciprocal Awardee, Korte will collaborate with Abass Sesay, a Mandela Washington Fellow and founder and CEO of Active Ambassadors Network Sierra Leone, to co-design and implement a project that will…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/01-jan/audrey_korte_2.php

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Wichita State University awards education scholarships to five high schoolers | Wichita State News

Wichita State University awards education scholarships to five high schoolers WSU Strategic Communications 02/21/2020 01:59:53 PM Feb. 21, 2020 -- Five high school seniors were named Doris and Ralph Klose Scholars as part of the Klose Scholars Day at Wichita State University. This is the first bullet. Use what you need and delete the rest. This is the second…

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Liberal high school senior wins Wichita State University's Linwood Sexton Scholarship | Wichita State News

…in football, was a member of the Shocker Sports Hall of Fame and Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. A tireless advocate for equal opportunity and social justice, he was honored with many awards for his efforts to promote understanding and respect among people of different racial, religious and ethnic backgrounds. Linwood Sexton passed away at the age of 90 in 2017,…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/02-feb/sexton_winner_2020_2.php

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Wichita State takes suicide-prevention campaign national | Wichita State News

… help prevent others from these tragic deaths of despair.” #WeSupportU started at Wichita State University in 2015 when WSU counseling services was awarded the SAMHSA Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention grant in order to develop a local, strategic suicide prevention program. From that grant, was born the #WeSupportU Suspenders4Hope campaign and…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/08-aug/we_support_you_5.php

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Convergence Sciences researchers focus on solving complex societal problems

…researchers focus on solving complex societal problems WSU Strategic Communications 09/18/2020 03:33:55 PM Sept. 18, 2020 -- Wichita State University today announced the inaugural awardees of the highly competitive President’s Convergence Sciences Research Initiative. The initiative brings together the intellectual curiosity and strengths of faculty and…

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Wichita State to hold Memorial '70 remembrance at Cessna Stadium | Wichita State News

… can give to the Football '70 Memorial Scholarship, the only endowed scholarship at WSU dedicated in collective memory to those who died in the tragedy. The scholarship is awarded each year to a student of any major with at least a 3.0 GPA who demonstrates financial need. Contributions can be made through the WSU Foundation, 1845 Fairmount St., Wichita, KS…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/09-sept/memorial_11.php

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USAF adds WSU-NIAR to elite list of Skyborg program vendors | Wichita State News

…with open missions systems to enable manned-unmanned teaming, providing a game-changing capability to the warfighter. The attritable UAV line of effort awarded by this contract will provide the foundation on which the Air Force can build an airborne autonomous ‘best of breed’ system that adapts, orients, and decides at machine speed for a wide variety of…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/10-oct/skyborg_9.php

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Game-based learning platform will make education accessible to refugees

…to improve the lives of more than 70 million forcibly displaced refugees worldwide by making education more accessible. The project, titled Education for All, is one of four awardees of Wichita State University’s Convergence Sciences Initiative, an effort to bring together the intellectual curiosity and strengths of faculty and students from a range of…

https://www.wichita.edu/about/wsunews-releases/2020/10-oct/refugees_3.php